Trying to explain a myth using science is pure folly. Believe the story if you want to or not, but looking to "printing errors" in the 4th Century (1000 years before printing!) to explain what you want to swallow, and want others to swallow is an excercise in futility.
Right. But a conjunction of one or more planets with a single star can occur several different times over a period of months or a couple of years -- due to the phenomenon called "retrograde motion" where planets appear to reverse the direction of their orbit around the sun (due to changes in the motion of these planets relative to the motion of the earth).
And there's no reference anywhere in the New Testament to a star or group of stars sitting in one place in the sky for months on end. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the magi did not use the so-called "Star of Bethlehem" to guide them to Bethlehem. They didn't need a star to guide them anywhere.
>>but looking to “printing errors” in the 4th Century (1000 years before printing!) to explain what you want to swallow<<
The printing errors were in the FOURTEENTH century, not the 4th century.
What else did you miss in the article that lead you to criticize it?